153 The Beautiful Life of the Academy’s Disgrace 1 (1/2)

It was an afternoon two days later in the Royal Academy of Music. After several days of heavy rain, the summer’s heat seemed to have vanished. The mist suffusing downtown seemed to be a sign that autumn was coming. Even the scorching sun had become cooler and in the afternoon. Calm sunshine filtered down from the sun, warming instead of scalding the people. Even the ever-gloomy academy seemed to have brightened. It was full of brilliance and everyone felt comfortable.

But one girl paced uneasily in the street outside the Music History department. As if there was something at the end of the road that made her frightened, the girl with a ponytail stood at the intersection and hesitatingly looked back, not daring to walk further.

”Come on! Shirley, you can do it,” Shirley murmured as she gripped her clothes, encouraging herself. Her face, pale with fear, calmed down gradually. She hid her panic carefully and transformed into a look of seriousness. Feeling calmer, she let out a breath and clenched her fists as she stared at the Music History building. Her eyes looked heavy and determined as if she was gazing at her mortal enemy, the root of all evil.

Shirley was one of the students who had just entered the school, but because of some physical reasons, she had to leave and recuperate for a period of time just after enrolling. She had returned two days ago. But when she came back, she found that all had changed.

The academy that had been harmonious, pleasant, and gentlemanly, but was now full of tension. Students treated each other like enemies. The news that someone was injured in a duel came every day. The fact that the mannered elites were humiliated by commoners saddened Shirley. But when she tried to mediate the fights, she would receive taunting gazes from the commoners. Some people would advise Shirley not to care about these matters, while others laughed at her, saying that she was just an ignorant and naïve little girl. She was not like that!

All the servants knew that Miss Shirley was the most concerned about their sufferings. Every time she went downtown and saw beggars, she could not help but shed tears in sympathy and give them some money. Seeing their happiness at receiving money, Shirley would feel the real meaning of the elites’ existence. As expected, the Blood of Glory existed to make Avalon better!

Her father and brothers all approved of her charity and kindness. They always said that commoners just did not know the rules, but if the elites guided them with kindness, everyone’s lives would be better. That made Shirley believe even more strongly about the importance of elites being role models.

But now everything had changed. The Academy was all messed up! It was no longer that warm and harmonious family she had imagined.

Shirley was worried and sad about this, and she tried to figure out what was going on. She heard the same name from everyone. The source of all this trouble, the synonym for evil, the culprit who made the academy into this—Ye Qingxuan!

”He's a villain, Shirley! Do you understand? A villain!” Her cousin, Bart, was wounded badly. With a sad and indignant face, he waved his fist at her and said, ”That d*mned Easterner is a savage who doesn’t know any rules. He not only stole our glory shamelessly, but also defeated Edmund with his dirty tricks and wounded him badly too.”

”That’s right!” the student next to his bed said resentfully. ”It’s all because of that d*mned guy.”

”Don’t say his name!” another mentally weak student exclaimed. ”Don’t mention the disgrace of the Academy, that Easterner!”

”Easterner? Where’s the Easterner?!” The sleeping Jon woke up in shock. Hearing the name, he shot up. ”Come on, somebody help me up, I'm going to fight him! What are you doing? I'm going to fight him! Don't stop me. I will… ” Before he could finish, he was cuffed by the nurse next to him. She shut his mouth and sent him to the emergency room. ”Doctor, patient no. 06 is going crazy again!”

Shirley watched as brother Jon was taken away with tear-filled eyes. She felt pain and sadness deep in her heart. Why did it have to be this way? Cousin Bart, brother Jon, and everyone else were all very good people! Why did the guy do this to them?

The girl made up her mind. She was going to change this situation, change this brutal reality and save the endangered Royal Academy of Music. She would stand up bravely and become...a heroine!

Thinking of this, Shirley was suddenly full of courage. She continued walking down the path with her head held high, going toward the dark core of the Academy to look for the villain Ye Qingxuan.

Soon, she turned with a scream and crawled out of the path, hiding behind a statue and trembling. It was so scary! So Scary! This place was horrible…they had even raised a scary monster!

Just as she was trembling, the huge golden monster with a hairpin on its head walked past her at a calm and leisurely pace. Seeing her shaking, it opened its mouth in pride. ”Woof! Woof woof woof!” it roared loudly, as if it was going to pounce.

”Ah!!” Shirley screamed. She collapsed onto the ground and did not move.

”Eh, what's wrong with you? You’re just gonna stay there and not get up? You want to scam me?” Next to the big hairy monster was a girl with an unpleasant face, glancing down at her. ”What, have you never seen a dog before?”

”I...I…” Cradling her head, Shirley cautiously lifted her eyes. She was stunned when she saw Bai Xi. ”Are you that Easterner?”

”Huh, another challenger?” The girl with white hair pursed her lips and pointed behind her. ”See that road? Go straight to the end and turn right.”

”Oh.” Shirley got up timidly, and gingerly kept a distance from that horrible monster. It was too big to even look at…How was that a dog? What a lie! She had had a dog before. How could dog grow so big? Her uncle once gave her a Chihuahua and it was only the size of her palm. This thing must be a demon. A demon!